1.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 5 pop hit)

Lucille

Roger Bowling - Hal Bynum

© Brougham Hall Music, BMI

In a bar in Toledo cross from the depot
On a barstool she took off her ring
I thought I'd get closer so I walked on over
I sat down and asked her her name
When the drinks fin'lly hit her she said I'm no quitter
But I finally quit living on dreams
I'm hungry for laughter and here ever after
I'm after whatever the other life brings

In the mirror I saw him I closely watched him
I thought how he looked out of place
He came to the woman who sat there beside me
He had a strange look on his face
The big hands were calloused he looked like a mountain
For a minute I thought I was dead
But he started shaking his big heart was breaking
He turned to the woman and said

You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille
With four hungry children and a crop in the field
I've had some bad times lived through some sad times
But this time your hurtin' won't heal
You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille

After he left us I ordered more whiskey
I thought how she made him look small
From the lights of the barroom to a rented hotel room
We walked without talking at all
She was a beauty but when she came to me
She must have thought I'd lost my mind
I couldn't hold her cause the words that he told her
Kept coming back time after time

You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille...
You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille...

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2.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 1 pop hit)

Lady

Lionel Richie

© Brockman Music, ASCAP

Lady I'm your knight in shining armor and I love you
You have made me what I am and I am yours
My love there's so many ways I want to say I love you
Let me hold you in my arms forever more

You have gone and made me such a fool
I'm so lost in your love
And oh we belong together
Won't you believe in my song

Lady for so many years I thought I'd never find you
You have come into my life and made me whole
Forever let me wake to see you each and every morning
Let me hear you whisper softly in my ear

In my eyes I see no one else but you
There's no other love like our love
And yes oh yes I'll always want you near me
I've waited for you for so long

Lady your love's the only love I need
And beside me is where I want you to be
Cause my love there's something I want you to know
You're the love of my life you're my lady

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3.

(# 19 country hit)

Love Lifted Me

James Rowe - Howard Smith

© Benson Pub, ASCAP

I'll write myself a simple song get the whole world to sing along
I'll call it a love song for you
And who knows I'm liable to take a song from the Bible
And then when I'm through

I'll just sing love lifted me love lifted me
When nothing else would do you know love lifted me

Everybody's lookin' for a way to say something nobody said
But that's hard to do
They're searching their mind trying to find the one of a kind way
That they could say something new

And I just say love lifted me love lifted me...
[ strings ]
Love lifted me love lifted me...
Love lifted me love lifted me...

Love lifted me love lifted me
When I was down and out you know love lifted me

Everybody sing love lifted me oh love lifted me...

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4.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 6 pop hit)

We've Got Tonight

Bob Seger

© Gear Pub, ASCAP

I know it's late I know you're weary
I know your plans don't include me
Still here we are both of us lonely

Longing for shelter from all that we see
Why should we worry no one will care girl
Look at the stars now so far away

We've got tonight who needs tomorrow
We've got tonight babe why don't you stay

Deep in my soul I've been so lonely
All of my hopes now so fading away
I've longed for love like everyone else does
I know I'll keep searching after today

So there it is girl we've got it all now
And here we are babe what do you say

We've got tonight who needs tomorrow
We've got tonight babe why don't we stay

I know it's late and I know you're weary
I know your plans don't include me
Still here we are both of us lonely both of us lonely

We've got tonight who needs tomorrow
Let's make it last let's find a way
Turn out the light come take my hand now
We've got tonight babe why don't we stay
We've got tonight babe why don't we stay

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5.

(# 5 country hit)
(# 94 pop hit)

Scarlet Fever

Mike Dekle

© Welbeck Music, ASCAP

I stood outside the Lucky Star
Staring at the flashing sign
It read come on in and watch young
Scarlet's body come alive
Let her dance for you and cast her spell
You'll swear you can believe her
Be careful not to catch the scarlet fever

So I paid my fare and walked down front and found an empty chair
As I settled in young scarlet took the ribbons from her hair
The moves her body made while the music played
Were the likes I've never seen
And she became the envy of my dreams

One by one her teasing movements
Brought the crowd out of their seats
And all at once young scarlet
Danced straight up in front of me
From the moment that her eyes found mine
I've never been the same
Scarlet locked another heart upon her chain

Now I get scarlet fever every time I see her
But she's a night club teaser
Not paid to notice me
Yes I get scarlet fever
If she knew how much I need her
She'd place her hand in my hand
And dance away with me

She looked twenty-five but I was told
That she was just sixteen
She had a way of making a man believe
She danced for only him
As she tantalized I fantasized
And felt the sound of my heart beat
And every night I'd dream
She'd fall in love with me

Then one night while driving in
My eyes begun to tear
Cause the sign outside the Lucky Star
Said scarlet isn't here
She'd left that day to find a life
Of bigger and better things
And she left behind my chain of broken dreams.

But still get scarlet fever
In my mind I still see her
Out there dancing somewhere
To another fool like me
Yes I get scarlet fever every time I see her
But she's a night club teaser
Not paid to notice me
Yes I get scarlet fever
If she knew how much I need her
She'd place her hand in my hand
And dance away with me

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6.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 32 pop hit)

Love Or Something Like It

Kenny Rogers - Steve Glassmeyer

© Cherry Lane Music, ASCAP

Show me a bar with a good looking woman then just get out of my way
Turn on the jukebox I'll show you a song you should play
Sooner or later a few shots of bourbon I'll think of something to say
Whoa I can take her or leave her I'd like to take her away

Liquor and music a good combination if you've got love on the brain
I never knew two women who acted the same
Some want a drink first and some want to just sit and talk
Whoa it's two in the morning I'm running and she wants to walk

Something's got a hold on me
It's cheap but it ain't free
Love or something like it's got a hold on me

That's when I asked her my place or your place I hope I'm not out of line
I asked the wrong thing to just the right woman this time
She knew a hotel she even had a name we could sign
Whoa the cheaper the grapes are the sweeter the taste of the wine

Something's got a hold on me...
Something's got a hold on me...

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7.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 5 pop hit)

She Believes In Me

Steve Gibb

© Castle Music, BMI

While she lays sleeping
I stay out late at night and play my songs
And sometimes all the nights can be so long
And it's good when I finally make it home all alone
While she lays dreaming
I try to get undressed without the light
Then quietly she says how was your night
And I come to her and say it was all right
And I hold her tight

And she believes in me
I'll never know just what she sees in me
I told her someday if she was my girl
I could change the world with my little songs
I was wrong
But she has faith in me
And so I go on trying faithfully
And who knows maybe on some special night
If my song is right
I will find a way find a way

While she lays waiting
I stumble to the kitchen for a bite
Then I see my old guitar in the night
Just waiting for me like a secret friend
And there's no end
While she lays crying
I fumble with a melody or two
Then I'm torn between the things that I should do
Then she says to wake her up when I am through
God her love is true

And she believes in me
I'll never know just what she sees in me
I told her someday if she was my girl
I could change the world with my little songs
I was wrong
But she has faith in me
And so I go on trying faithfully
And who knows maybe on some special night
If my song is right
I will find a way while she waits
While she waits for me

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8.

(# 39 country hit)
(# 6 pop hit)

Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town

Mel Tillis

© Cedarwood Pub, BMI

You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair
Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere
The shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down
Oh Ruby don't take your love to town

It wasn't me that started that old crazy Asian war
But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chores
Yes it's true that I'm not the man I used to be
Oh Ruby I still need some company

It's hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralyzed
And the wants and the needs of a woman your age Ruby I realize
But it won't be long I've heard them say until I'm not around
Oh Ruby don't take your love to town

She's leaving now cause I just heard the slamming of the door
The way I know I've heard it slam one hundred times before
And if I could move I get my gun and put her in the ground
Oh Ruby don't take your love to town
Oh Ruby for God's sake turn around

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9.

(# 3 country hit)
(# 4 pop hit)

Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer

Kim Carnes - Dave Ellingson

© Appian Music, ASCA

with Kim Carnes

Just look at you sitting there you never looked better than tonight
And it'd be so easy to tell you I'd stay like I've done so many times
I was so sure this would be the night you closed the door and want to stay with me
And it'd be so easy to tell you I'd stay like I've done so many times

Don't fall in love with a dreamer cause he'll always take you in
Just when you think you really change him he'll leave you again
Don't fall in love with a dreamer cause he'll break you every time
Oh could I fly just hold on before we say goodbye

Now it's morning and the phone rings
And you say you've gotta get your things together
You just gotta leave before you change your mind
And if you knew would I was thinking girl I turned around
If you'd just ask me one more time

Don't fall in love with a dreamer cause he'll always take you in...
Before we say goodbye goodbye

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10.

(# 20 country hit)

You Were A Good Friend

Kim Carnes - Dave Ellingson

© Appian Music, ASCAP

If I close my eyes it doesn't hurt quite so bad
Cause tonight I just lost the best friend I ever had
You were a maverick runnin' all the way from New Orleans
We'd tell stories round the camp fire late at night
When it was down to just you and me

Good friend why did you have to go
Just when I was gettin' to know you I'll sing this song to show
You were a good friend they don't make 'em quite like you
And in my memory you'll always be a good good friend to me

You said I have a home boy haven't seen it for so long
Said I'm going home boy when the work is done I can feel it in my bones

Good friend why did you have to go...
[ guitar ]
Good friend why did you have to go...
And in my memory you'll always be a good good friend to me

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11.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 16 pop hit)

The Gambler

Don Schlitz

© Winters Night Music, ASCAP

On the warm summer's evenin' on a train bound for nowhere
I met up with a gambler we were both too tired to sleep
So we took turns a starin' out window at the darkness
Till boredom overtook us and he began to speak

He said son I made the life out of readin' people's faces
Knowin' what the cards were by the way they held their eyes
So if you don't mind my sayin' I could see you're out of aces
For a taste of your whiskey I'd give you some advice

So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow
Then he'd bummed a cigarette and asked me for the light
And the night got deathly quiet and his face lost all expression
Said if you gonna play the game boy you gotta learn to play it right

You got to know when to hold 'em know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away and know when to run
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done

Every gambler knows that the secret to survivin'
Is knowin' what to throw away knowin' what to keep
Cause every hand's a winner and every hand's a loser
And the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep

And when he finished speakin' he turned back toward the window
Crushed out his cigarette faded off to sleep
And somewhere in the darkness the gambler he broke even
And in his final words I found an ace that I could keep

You got to know when to hold 'em know when to fold 'em...
You gotta know when to hold 'em know when to fold 'em...
You gotta know when to hold 'em know when to fold 'em...

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12.

(# 5 country hit)
(# 13 pop hit)

Through The Years

Marty Panzer - Steve Dorff

© Swanee Bravo Music, BMI

I can't remember when you weren't there
When I didn't care for anyone but you
I swear we've been through everything there is
Can't imagine anything we've missed
Can't imagine anything the two of us can't do

Through the year you've never let me down
You turned my life around
The sweetest days I've found I've found with you
Through the years I've never been afraid
I've loved the life we've made
And I'm so glad I stayed right here with you
Through the years

I can't remember what I used to do
Who I trusted whom I listened to before
I swear you've taught me everything I know
Can't imagine needing someone so
But through the years it seems to me
I need you more and more

Through the years through all the good and bad
I knew how much we had
I've always been so glad to be with you
Through the years it's better everyday
You've kissed my tears away
As long as it's okay I'll stay with you
Through the years

Through the years when everything went wrong
Together we were strong
I know that I belong right here with you
Through the years I never had a doubt
We'd always work things out
I've learned what life's about by loving you
Through the years
[ strings ]
Through the years you've never let me down...

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13.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 28 pop hit)

Daytime Friends

Ben Peters

© Ben Peters Music, BMI

And he'll tell her he's working late again
But she knows too well there's something goin' on
She's been neglected and she needs a friend
So her trembling fingers dial the telephone

And Lord it hurts her doin' this again
He's the best friend that her husband ever knew
But when she's lonely he's more than just a friend
He's the one she longs to give her body to

Daytime friends and night time lovers hopin' no one else discovers
Where they go what they do in their secret hide away
Daytime friends and night time lovers they don't wanna hurt the other
So they love in the night time and shake hand in the light of day

And when it's over there's no peace of mind
Just a longing for the way things should have been
And she wonders why some men never find
That a woman needs a lover and a friend

Daytime friends and night time lovers hopin' no one else discovers...
Daytime friends and night time lovers hopin' no one else discovers...

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14.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 7 pop hit)

You Decorated My Life

Bob Morrison - Debbie Hupp

© Music City Music, ASCAP

All my life was a paper once plain pure and white
Till you moved with your pen changing moods now and then till the balance was right
Then you added some music every note was in place
And anybody could see all the changes in me by the look on my face

And you decorated my life
Created a world where dreams are apart
And you decorated my life
By painting your love all over my heart
You decorated my life

Like a rhyme with no reason in an unfinished song
There was no harmony life meant nothing to me until you came along
And you brought out the colors what a gentle surprise
Now I'm able to see all the things life can be shining soft in your eyes

And you decorated my life...

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15.

(# 3 country hit)

Till I Can Make It On My Own

Billy Sherrill - George Richey - Tammy Wynette

© Algee Music, BMI

with Dottie West

I'll need time to get you off my mind
And I may sometimes bother you try to be in touch with you
Even ask too much of you from time to time

Now and then Lord you know I'll need a friend
Till I get used to losin' you let me keep on usin' you
Till I can make it on my own

I'll get by but no matter how I try
There'll be times you know I'll call
Chances are my tears will fall
And I'll have no pride at all from time to time

But they say oh there'll be a brighter day
But till then I'll lean on you
That's all I mean to do
Till I can make it on my own

Surely someday I'll look up and see the mornin' sun
Without another lonely night behind me
Then I'll know I'm over you and all my cryin's done
No more hurtin' memories can find me

But till then Lord you know I'm gonna need a friend
Till I get used to losing you let me keep on using you
Till I can make it on my own
Till I can make it on my own

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16.

Reuben James

Alex Harvey - Barry Etris

© Unart Music, BMI

Reuben James in my song you'll live again
And the phrases that I rhyme
Are just the footsteps out of time
From the time when I knew you Reuben James

Reuben James all the folks around Madison Caunty cussed your name
Just a no count sharecroppin' colored man
Who would steal anything that he can
And everybody laid the blame on Reuben James

Reuben James you still walk the furrowed fields of my mind
The faded shirt the wrinkled brow
The calloused hand upon the plow
I loved you then and I love you now Reuben James

Flora Gray the gossip of Madison County died with the child
And although your skin was black
You were the one who didn't turn your back
On a hungry white child with no name Reuben James

Reuben James with your mind on my soul and Bible in your right hand
You said turn the other cheek
There's a better world waitin' for the meek
In my mind these words remain from Reuben James

Reuben James you still walk the furrowed fields of my mind...

Reuben James one dark cloudy day they brought you from the fields
And that lonely pinebox came
Just a preacher me and the rain
Just to sing one last refrain for Reuben James

Reuben James you still walk the furrowed fields of my mind...
Reuben James you still walk the furrowed fields of my mind...

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17.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 3 pop hit)

Coward Of The County

Roger Bowling - Billy Edd Wheeler

© Roger Bowling Music, BMI

Everyone considered him the coward of the county
He never stood one single time to prove the county wrong
His mama named him Tommy the folks just called him Yellow
Something always told me they were readin' Tommy wrong

He was only ten years old when his daddy died in prison
I looked after Tommy cause he was my brother's son
I still recall the final words my brother said to Tommy
Son my life is over but yours is just begun

Promise me son not to do the things I've done
Walk away from trouble if you can
It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek
I hope you're old enough to understand
Son you don't have to fight to be a man

There's someone for everyone and Tommy's love was Becky
In her arms he didn't have to prove he was a man
One day while he was workin' the Gatlin boys came callin'
They took turns at Becky there was three of them

Tommy opened up the door and saw his Becky cryin'
The torn dress the shattered looks was more than he could stand
He reached above the fireplace and took down his daddy's picture
As his tears fell on his daddy's face he heard these words again

Promise me son not to do the things I've done...

The Gatlin boys just laughed at him when he walked into the barroom
One of them got up and met him halfway cross the floor
When Tommy turned around they said hey look ol' Yellow's leavin'
But you could've heard a pindrop when Tommy stopped and blocked the door

Twenty years of crawlin' was bottled up inside him
He wadn't holdin' nothin' back he let 'em have it all
When Tommy left the barroom not a Gatlin boy was standin'
He said this one's for Becky as he watched the last one fall

And I heard him said
I promised you dad not to do the things you've done
I walk away from trouble when I can
Now please don't think I'm weak I didn't turn the other cheek
And papa I sure hope you understand
Sometimes you gotta fight when you're a man

Everyone considered him the coward of the county

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18.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 3 pop hit)

I Don't Need You

Rick Christian

© Bootchute Music, BMI

I don't need you I don't need friendship
I don't need flowers in the spring
I don't need you and you surely don't need me

I don't need a love and attention
And I don't need peace and harmony
I don't need you and you surely don't need me

But we both want it bad enough
Yes we both want it don't we
I don't need you baby and I know you don't need me

I don't need your lovin' arms around me
Oh all I need is to be free
That's what I keep tellin' myself and I tell you you don't need me

I don't need children in my old age
No more cluttered leaves around the trees
And I don't need you baby and I know you don't need me

But we both want it bad enough...

We don't need each other baby
We don't need each other baby
Or do we

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19.

(# 11 pop hit)

Something's Burning

Mac Davis

© Screen Gems Music, BMI

You lie in gentle sleep beside me
I hear your warm and rhythmic breathing
I take your hand and hold it tightly
Listen can you not hear our young hearts beating

I kiss the sleep from your eyes
Your smile is sweeter than the morning
And here it comes
Can't you feel it baby now can't you feel it here it comes
Feel it feel it fire fire

Something's burning something's burning
Something's burning and I think it's love

And now the sun is burning brightly
We lie and love so close together
I get the feeling deep inside me
My love for you will burn forever

I cup my hands to touch your face
And once again I feel your fire
And here it comes
Now can't you feel it baby can't you feel it here comes again
Feel it feel it fire fire

Something's burning something's burning
Something's burning and I think it's love
And I think it's love...

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20.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 13 pop hit)

Love Will Turn You Around

Thom Schuyler - David Malloy - Even Stevens - Kenny Rogers

© Screen Gems Music, BMI

You can run you can hide never let it inside
Keep livin' your life in the dark
Sooner or later that gentle persuader
Is gonna catch up with your heart

Make you a dreamer believer believin' in love

Right when a man's doin' all that he planned
And he thinks he's got just what he needs
Life will deliver a shot that will shiver him
Drivin' him down to his knees

Make him start giving living livin' again

Well it's your mind that tricks you into leaving everytime
Love will turn you around turn you around
Well it's your heart that talks you into stayin' where you are
Love will turn you around turn you around

Out of the blue she reaches for you
And you tell her you don't have the time
So you move away fast but you know it won't last
Cause you can't get her off of your mind

Thoughts are burnin' turnin' they're turnin' around

How do you know when to stay or to go
And how do you know when it's real
You don't need a sign to make up your mind
You got your heart at the wheel

You wanna start sharin' carin' carin' again

Well it's your mind that tricks you into leaving everytime...

Love will turn you around turn you around
Love will turn you around turn you around
Turn you around

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